Meeting the Living Building Challenge: Insulation
Living Building Challenge (LBC) is not just a new way of building. It’s a new way of thinking and living that carefully considers and respects our finite natural resources and precious environment. On top of significantly reducing energy consumption and producing the remaining energy needed to run the house onsite, meeting the LBC challenge includes avoiding use of toxic materials included on their “Red List.”
For things that we routinely use in construction—PVC, certain insulation materials, paints and finishes—we got creative and found viable alternatives.